Method for constructing chromatography test strip for triazophos based on molecular imprinting and electrospinning

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a method for constructing a chromatography test strip for triazophos based on molecular imprinting and electrospinning. The present invention combines electrospinning, molecular imprinting and the immunochromatography test strip technology. Molecularly imprinted T-line (detection limit) is prepared on an NC membrane by electrospinning, and goat anti-mouse IgG is used as C-line (quality control line). With fluorescence changes occurring when triazophos hapten-murine IgG/fluorescein isothiocyanate conjugate (THBu-IgG-FITC) fluorescent probe directly competes with the target triazophos to bind to the molecularly imprinted binding site, a chromatography-fluorescence detection method for triazophos based on molecular imprinting and electrospinning is established. The functional material adsorbing triazophos provided by the present invention adopts a virtual template to avoid template leakage, and can be used in immunochromatography to replace a biological antibody. The functional material has higher selectivity, higher stability, longer service life, and stronger resistance to adverse environment.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims priority to Chinese Application No.201910959017.2 filed on Oct. 10, 2019, the disclosure of which isincorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the technical field of food-safetydetection, and in particular, to a method for constructing achromatography test strip for triazophos based on molecular imprintingand electrospinning.

BACKGROUND

Triazophos, a toxic, broad-spectrum organophosphorus insecticide, iswidely applied to grains, fruits and vegetables. Triazophos tends toremain in the environment due to its outstanding chemical stability andlong half-life, causing potential hazard to the environment and humanhealth. China has banned the use of triazophos on vegetables since Dec.31, 2016. At present, the detection technology for triazophos mainlyincludes the confirmation technology and the immunoassay technology, butthese technologies usually have many disadvantages, such as expensiveequipment, long analysis time, and complicated antibody preparation.Therefore, it is of great practical significance to design andsynthesize a biomimetic recognition material with strong specificity andexcellent stability at low cost, and to establish a sensitive, simple,fast, stable, and inexpensive detection method.

A detection technology based on immunochromatography test strip is asolid-phase labeling immunoassay technology that combines the monoclonalantibody technology, immunolabeling, immunochromatography and the like,and is applied to the qualitative, semi-quantitative and quantitativeanalysis of an antigen, antibody and hapten. This method has become oneof the most common immunoassay methods, as it is convenient, fast,highly-specific, low-cost and simple, and requires no professionals andlarge and expensive equipment. However, a regular immunochromatographymethod requires the use of an antibody, resulting in disadvantages suchas high cost, high storage conditions, and a need for sacrificinganimals. It is expected to overcome these disadvantages by replacing anantibody with a molecularly imprinted polymer. As of now, the onlybiomimetic immunochromatography technology based on molecular imprintingis the competitive colloidal gold test strip for atrazine constructed byXie Rong. In this method, the larger size of molecularly imprintedmicrospheres may cause poor chromatography and thus affect thesensitivity of the experiment. In addition, as there is no antibodycorresponding to molecular imprinting, this method adopts two teststrips for detection and quality control respectively, resulting inerrors and results of lower accuracy.

In order to overcome the above disadvantages, the present inventionintends to adopt a new biomimetic immunochromatography mode based onmolecular imprinting to directly attach a molecularly imprinted polymerto an NC membrane (nitrocellulose membrane). However, if the molecularlyimprinted polymer is directly fixed to the NC membrane by scribing, onthe one hand, the molecularly imprinted polymer is easy to be migratedfrom the membrane during the chromatography process, and on the otherhand, the specific binding site on the molecularly imprinted polymerdoes not tend to be exposed on its surfaces, resulting in a decrease inexperimental sensitivity. In order to solve this problem, the inventorsintend to prepare a molecularly imprinted nanofiber membrane on an NCmembrane by electrospinning. The molecularly imprinted polymer can betightly fixed, and can also fully expose its binding site to increasethe contact area with a target, thereby improving the mass transferrate.

Electrospinning is a unique fiber manufacturing process that producefine fibers from a polymer solution or melt with an electrostatic force.The fibers produced by this process have a smaller diameter (frommicrometers to nanometers) and a larger surface area than that producedby a traditional spinning process. During the electrospinning process,the polymer solution held at the end of the capillary by a surfacetension is subjected to an electric field, and the electric fieldinduces a charge on the liquid surface. When the applied electric fieldreaches a critical value, the electrostatic repulsion counteracts thesurface tension, and a charged jet of the solution is ejected from thetip of Taylor cone. An unstable eruption occurs in the space between thecapillary tip and the collector, during which the solvent evaporates andfibers are formed on the collector. The electrospinning fiber, which hasa larger specific surface area, a higher porosity, and stronger physicaland mechanical properties than a conventional fiber, has been widelyused in fields of tissue engineering scaffolds, drug delivery,filtration, healthcare, biotechnology, environmental engineering,defense, and security.

The combination of electrospinning and molecular imprinting enables thespecific adsorption of the electrospinning fiber membrane, and alsoimproves the specific surface area of the molecularly imprinted polymer,the adsorption capacity, and the mass transfer rate. In recent years,the preparation of a molecularly imprinted membrane by electrospinninghas attracted widespread attention. At present, the method for preparinga molecularly imprinted fiber membrane by electrospinning mainlyincludes embedding and direct electrospinning. The present inventionadopts the embedding method, that is, the molecularly imprintedmicrospheres are prepared by the precipitation method, and then directlymixed with an electrospinning solution to prepare molecularly imprintednanofibers. So far, there has been no report about the combination ofelectrospinning with immunochromatography.

The invention combines electrospinning, molecular imprinting and adetection technology based on immunochromatography test strip.Molecularly imprinted T-line (detection limit) is prepared on an NCmembrane by electrospinning, and goat anti-mouse IgG is used as C-line(quality control line). With fluorescence changes occurred whentriazophos hapten-murine IgG/fluorescein isothiocyanate conjugate(THBu-IgG-FITC) fluorescent probe directly competes with the targettriazophos to bind to the molecularly imprinted binding site, achromatography-fluorescence detection method based on molecularimprinting and electrospinning for triazophos is established to detectthe triazophos residue.

BRIEF SUMMARY

In order to overcome disadvantages of traditional detection methods fortriazophos, such as long detection time, expensive equipment, andcomplicated preparation for specific antibodies, the present inventionprovides a method for constructing a chromatography test strip fortriazophos based on molecular imprinting and electrospinning, and achromatography assay method for triazophos based on a electrospinningmembrane fabrication technology.

To achieve the above objective, the following technical solutions areadopted.

A chromatography assay method for triazophos based on a electrospinningmembrane fabrication technology includes the following steps:

1. Synthesis of Hapten

(1) Synthesis of O-ethyl dichlorothiophosphate (TZM-1): 68 g (about 0.4mol) of thiophosphoryl chloride (PSCl3) is weighed and added to athree-necked flask with a low-temperature thermometer, and the liquid iscooled to −10° C. to −5° C. in an ice-brine bath. 55 g (about 1.2 mol)of absolute ethyl alcohol is added dropwise with vigorous stirring at arate that is strictly controlled so that the temperature of the reactionsolution is always not higher than 0° C. After the dropwise addition iscompleted, the reaction is continued at 10° C. for 2 h. After thereaction is completed, the reaction solution is washed with (0±5)° C.distilled water (100 ml×2). The oil phase is separated, dried overanhydrous Na2SO4, and then distilled under reduced pressure with a wateraspirator. Fraction at 65° C. to 75° C. is collected to obtain acolorless, transparent and oily liquid (51.8 g; yield 72.3%, calculatedbased on thiophosphoryl chloride).(2) Synthesis of O-ethyl-0-[3-(1-phenyl-1, 2,4-triazolyl)chlorothiophosphate (TZM-2): 36 g (about 0.2 mol) of TZM-1is weighed and added to a 250 ml three-necked flask. About 16 g (about0.1 mol) of 1-phenyl-1, 2, 4-triadimenol is added with stirring, andthen about 15 ml of TEA and 80 ml of DCM are added. After all solids aredissolved, the resulting solution is cooled to a temperature lower than20° C. in an ice water bath. Then a trace amount of catalyst is added,and 55 ml of a 2 mol/L NaOH aqueous solution is added dropwise. Thereaction continues for 1 h. After the reaction is completed, 50 ml of 5%NaOH iced aqueous solution is added. The resulting solution is shaken,and the water phase is removed. The oil phase is washed with ice waterto neutrality, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, and concentrated underreduced pressure to obtain a small amount of brown oily substance.Petroleum ether (50 ml×2) is added to the oily substance for extraction,and the extract is concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain ayellow liquid (10.6 g; yield 35%, calculated based on triadimenol).(3) Synthesis of triazophos hapten: 1.03 g (about 10 mmol) of4-aminobutyric acid is weighed and dissolved in 10 ml of a NaOH solution(1 mol/L), and the resulting solution is cooled to 0° C. to 10° C. in anice water bath. 1.51 g (about 5 mmol) of TZM-2 dissolved in 10 ml ofdioxane is slowly added with stirring, a trace amount of catalyst isadded, and 10 ml of a NaOH aqueous solution (1 mol/L) is added dropwise.The solution is warmed to 15° C. to 25° C. for 4 h of reaction. Afterthe reaction is completed, 50 ml of water is added, and the reactionsolution is washed with petroleum ether (40 ml×2), and the petroleumether phase is removed. pH of the water phase is adjusted to about 3with 2 mol/L HCL, and ethyl acetate (40 ml×2) is added for extraction.The extract is washed with a small amount of water, dried over anhydrousNa2SO4, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue is sealedand stored overnight at 4° C., and a colorless product is precipitated.The precipitate is recrystallized with an ethyl acetate-petroleum ethersystem, filtered out, and dried to obtain 0.52 g of a white solid (THBu,yield 27%, calculated based on intermediate TZM-2).

2. Preparation of THBu-IgG-FITC fluorescent probe

(1) 9.43 mg of triazophos hapten (0.025 mmol) is weighed and dissolvedin 0.5 ml of DMF.(2) 8.63 mg of NHS (0.075 mmol) is weighed and added to the solutionprepared in step 1, and the resulting mixture is stirred at roomtemperature for 15 min.(3) 7.73 mg of DCC (0.0375 mmol) is weighed and dissolved in 0.5 ml ofDMF, and the obtained solution is added to the solution prepared in step2 dropwise. The resulting mixture is stirred overnight at roomtemperature and then centrifuged at 4,000 rpm/min for 10 min.(4) 200 μL of the supernatant in step 3 is pipetted and slowly added to1 ml of CBS solution (0.01 mol/L) in which 10 mg of mouse IgG isdissolved, and the resulting solution is stirred at 20° C. for 4 h.(5) 2.95 mg of FITC is weighed and dissolved in 2.95 ml of CBS (0.05mol/L, pH=9.6), the obtained solution is added to the reaction solutionin step 4 dropwise in the dark. Then the reaction solution is slowlystirred at 4° C. for 8 h in the dark.(6) The synthesized THBu-IgG-FITC fluorescent probe is dialyzed in a0.01 mol/L PBS (pH=7.4) solution at 4° C. until the dialysate is clear,and stored at 4° C. The fluorescent probe is not suitable for long-termstorage, and should be used as soon as possible.

3. Preparation of Molecularly Imprinted Microspheres

29.4 mg (0.1 mmol) of triazolone (template) is weighed and added to a100 ml round-bottom flask, and 20 ml of acetonitrile (pore-formingagent) is added to dissolve the template. Then 51 μL (0.6 mmol) of MAA(functional monomer) is added, and the mixture is shaken at roomtemperature for 30 min of prepolymerization. 319.3 μL (1.0 mmol) of TRIM(crosslinking agent) and 30 mg of AIBN (initiator) are then added, andthe tube is sealed immediately after 2 min of nitrogen charge. Thepolymerization reaction is conducted in a 60° C. water bath for 24 h.After the polymerization is completed, the reaction solution is takenout and centrifuged, and the supernatant is removed. Then the resultingprecipitate is dispersed in methanol and then centrifuged to remove theunreacted reactant. The obtained polymer is wrapped with a filter paper,and placed in a Soxhlet extractor for extracting the template with amethanol:acetic acid (9:1, v/v) solution.

4. Construction of Chromatography Test Strip

A sample pad is treated with a sample pad treatment solution (0.5%Tween-0.02 M pH 7.2 PB buffer), then dried, and cut into strips. Asecondary antibody (goat anti-mouse IgG) is drawn on an NC membrane at aflow rate of 1 μL/cm by a scriber and dried at 37° C. Then a test stripis assembled as follows: as T-line needs to be spun on an aluminum foil(NC membrane is non-conductive), the NC membrane is cut along a line 5mm below C-line, and an aluminum foil of 1 mm width is placed betweenthe obtained two NC membranes; the upper and lower NC membranes and themiddle aluminum foil are pasted on a black fluorescent board, withT-line and C-line being 5 mm apart from each other; and then anabsorbent pad and the sample pad are pasted on the upper and lower sidesof the NC membrane respectively, with each pad overlapping with the NCmembrane by 1 mm. The assembled test strip is shown in FIG. 1 (a).

5. Preparation of molecularly imprinted T-line on an NC membrane byelectrospinning

(1) Preparation of an electrospinning solution Preparation of a CAelectrospinning matrix solution: A certain amount of CA powder isweighed and added to acetone for preparing a 120 mg/ml CA-acetonesolution, and the obtained solution is shaken at 50° C. in a water bathfor 5 h until CA is completely dissolved. Preparation of an MIPdispersion solution for triazolone: A certain amount of MIPs is weighedand added to acetone for preparing a 20 mg/ml MIP dispersion solution,and the obtained solution is subjected to ultrasonic dispersion at roomtemperature for 50 min until MIPs are completely and evenly dispersed inacetone. Mixing of the CA electrospinning matrix solution with the MIPdispersion solution: 111 μL of 20 mg/ml MIP dispersion solution is addedto 1 ml of 120 mg/ml CA electrospinning matrix solution, then 7 μL of10% Tween solution is added, and the resulting solution is shaken in a50° C. water bath for 120 min and subjected to ultrasonic dispersion for30 min at room temperature to obtain an uniform MIP electrospinningsolution for triazolone.(2) Preparation of molecularly imprinted T-line on an NC membrane byelectrospinning:

An electrospinning device made in laboratory, with an automaticmicroflow pump, a 5 ml syringe, a height-adjusting frame, a jet needle(22 G), a receiving plate, and a high-voltage power supply, is adopted.Before spinning, the grounding is checked, and the temperature andhumidity are recorded. The prepared MIP electrospinning solution isdrawn into the syringe, the distance between the jet needle and thereceiving plate is adjusted to 13 cm, and the flow rate of the microflowpump is set as 12 μL/min, and the high voltage as 12.0 kV. After thefiber extrusion is stable, the assembled test strip is placed on thereceiving plate (ensuring that it is placed at the same position eachtime), and one end of the T-line aluminum foil is clamped with anegative electrode. 20 min later, molecularly imprinted nanofibersevenly cover T-line without covering other parts of the test strip thatare not conductive. The obtained test strip is dried in an oven at 37°C., then cut into smaller strips having a width of 3.5 mm by a slitter,and stored in a desiccator at room temperature. The molecularlyimprinted test strips are obtained.

6. Experimental principle: A molecularly imprinted polymer, instead ofan artificial antibody, is fixed on an NC membrane as T-line byelectrospinning, and a secondary antibody is fixed as C-line by ascriber. As shown in FIG. 1 (b), when the target and the THBu-IgG-FITCfluorescent probe are added dropwise to the sample pad, the solutionmoves on the NC membrane by capillary action. Both the target triazophosand the triazophos hapten on the THBu-IgG-FITC probe can bind to themolecularly imprinted polymer on T-line, and IgG on the probe can bindto the secondary antibody on C-line. When moving to T-line, the targetand the fluorescent probe compete to bind to the specific binding siteon the molecularly imprinted polymer, causing the fluorescence intensityon T-line to be inversely proportional to the concentration of thetarget, and as the remaining target and probe continue to move toC-line, the IgG on the probe binds to the secondary antibody to achievethe quality control. A fluorescence immunoassay analyzer (wavelength forexcitation: 450 nm to 470 nm, wavelength for receiving: 525 nm) is usedto read the fluorescence values of C-line and T-line, and a qualitativeand quantitative assay is performed according to the fluorescenceintensity at T-line and the T/C value.

7. Experimental process

(1) Preparation of test strips: Molecularly imprinted test strips areassembled according to step 4 and 5, and blocked with a blocking buffer(0.25% PVP+0.25% BSA+5% sucrose), dried at 37° C., and stored in adesiccator at room temperature.(2) Competitive reaction: 100 μL of 10-fold-diluted THBu-IgG-FITCfluorescent probe (diluted with 0.01 M PBS) is added dropwise to thesample well of the test strip for chromatography, and 3 min later, thetest strip is dried in a 37° C. oven for 15 min. Then 100 μL oftriazophos standard solution or sample is added for chromatography, and3 min later, the fluorescence detection is performed.(3) Detection: The T/C value is read with a single-channel fluorescenceimmunoassay analyzer, and the content of triazophos is calculatedaccording to a standard curve.

The advantages and beneficial effects of the present invention are asfollows:

1. The functional material adsorbing triazophos provided by the presentinvention adopts a virtual template to avoid template leakage, and canbe used in immunochromatography to replace a biological antibody. Thefunctional material, prepared by a chemical process, has higherselectivity, higher stability, longer service life, and strongerresistance to adverse environment. Therefore, the present inventionovercomes the disadvantages of a conventional biological antibody, suchas long preparation cycle, high proneness to deactivation, and highcost.

2. In the present invention, a composite nanomembrane of nanofibers andmolecularly imprinted microspheres is synthesized by a electrospinningmembrane fabrication technology, a triazophos hapten-IgG-FITCfluorescent probe is prepared, a nanomembrane chromatography test stripspecifically recognizing triazophos is preliminarily developed bycombining electrospinning, molecular imprinting and a detectiontechnology based on immunochromatography test strip, and a new methodfor rapidly detecting triazophos is established. The prepared test stripis linearly correlated with the concentration of triazophos in a rangeof 20 μg/L to 500 μg/L (y=−0.2638x+0.8695, R2=0.954), with a detectionlimit of 20 μg/L and a detection time only of 30 min. The method isfast, simple, portable, and suitable for on-site rapid detection. It isexpected to achieve the qualitative and quantitative analysis oftriazophos residue in an actual sample with this method in the future.Moreover, in the present invention, electrospinning is used for thefirst time to prepare a molecularly imprinted immunochromatographynanomembrane, which improves the stability and recognition performanceof T-line and presents a new clue for the immunochromatography testpaper technology based on a novel biomimetic recognition material.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a structure diagram of molecularly imprinted electrospinningtest strip (a) and a flow chart of directly-competitive fluorescencedetection (b); and

FIG. 2 is a standard curve of a test strip for triazophos.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

To enable a person skilled in the art to better understand the presentinvention, the technical solutions of the present invention is furtherdescribed below with reference to the accompanying drawings andexamples.

1. Synthesis of Hapten

(1) Synthesis of O-ethyl dichlorothiophosphate (TZM-1): 68 g (about 0.4mol) of thiophosphoryl chloride (PSCl3) was weighed and added to athree-necked flask with a low-temperature thermometer, and the liquidwas cooled to −10° C. to −5° C. in an ice-brine bath. 55 g (about 1.2mol) of absolute ethyl alcohol was added dropwise with vigorous stirringat a rate that was strictly controlled so that the temperature of thereaction solution was always not higher than 0° C. After the dropwiseaddition was completed, the reaction was continued at 10° C. for 2 h.After the reaction was completed, the reaction solution was washed with(0±5)° C. distilled water (100 ml×2). The oil phase was separated, driedover anhydrous Na2SO4, and then distilled under reduced pressure with awater aspirator. Fraction at 65° C. to 75° C. was collected to obtain acolorless, transparent and oily liquid (51.8 g; yield 72.3%, calculatedbased on thiophosphoryl chloride).(2) Synthesis of O-ethyl-O-[3-(1-phenyl-1, 2,4-triazolyl)chlorothiophosphate (TZM-2): 36 g (about 0.2 mol) of TZM-1was weighed and added to a 250 ml three-necked flask. About 16 g (about0.1 mol) of 1-phenyl-1, 2, 4-triadimenol was added with stirring, andthen about 15 ml of TEA and 80 ml of DCM were added. After all solidswere dissolved, the resulting solution was cooled to a temperature lowerthan 20° C. in an ice water bath. Then a trace amount of catalyst wasadded, and 55 ml of a 2 mol/L NaOH aqueous solution was added dropwise.The reaction continued for 1 h. After the reaction was completed, 50 mlof 5% NaOH iced aqueous solution was added. The resulting solution wasshaken, and the water phase was removed. The oil phase was washed withice water to neutrality, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, and concentratedunder reduced pressure to obtain a small amount of brown oily substance.Petroleum ether (50 ml×2) was added to the oily substance forextraction, and the extract was concentrated under reduced pressure toobtain a yellow liquid (10.6 g; yield 35%, calculated based ontriadimenol).(3) Synthesis of triazophos hapten: 1.03 g (about 10 mmol) of4-aminobutyric acid was weighed and dissolved in 10 ml of a NaOHsolution (1 mol/L), and the resulting solution was cooled to 0° C. to10° C. in an ice water bath. 1.51 g (about 5 mmol) of TZM-2 dissolved in10 ml of dioxane was slowly added with stirring, a trace amount ofcatalyst was added, and 10 ml of a NaOH aqueous solution (1 mol/L) wasadded dropwise. The solution was warmed to 15° C. to 25° C. for 4 h ofreaction. After the reaction was completed, 50 ml of water was added,and the reaction solution was washed with petroleum ether (40 ml×2), andthe petroleum ether phase was removed. pH of the water phase wasadjusted to about 3 with 2 mol/L HCL, and ethyl acetate (40 ml×2) wasadded for extraction. The extract was washed with a small amount ofwater, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, and concentrated under reducedpressure. The residue was sealed and stored overnight at 4° C., and acolorless product was precipitated. The precipitate was recrystallizedwith an ethyl acetate-petroleum ether system, filtered out, and dried toobtain 0.52 g of a white solid (THBu, yield 27%, calculated based onintermediate TZM-2).

2. Preparation of THBu-IgG-FITC fluorescent probe

(1) 9.43 mg of triazophos hapten (0.025 mmol) was weighed and dissolvedin 0.5 ml of DMF.(2) 8.63 mg of NHS (0.075 mmol) was weighed and added to the solutionprepared in step 1, and the resulting mixture was stirred at roomtemperature for 15 min.(3) 7.73 mg of DCC (0.0375 mmol) was weighed and dissolved in 0.5 ml ofDMF, and the obtained solution was added to the solution prepared instep 2 dropwise. The resulting mixture was stirred overnight at roomtemperature and then centrifuged at 4,000 rpm/min for 10 min.(4) 200 μL of the supernatant in step 3 was pipetted and slowly added to1 ml of CBS solution (0.01 mol/L) in which 10 mg of mouse IgG wasdissolved, and the resulting solution was stirred at 20° C. for 4 h.(5) 2.95 mg of FITC was weighed and dissolved in 2.95 ml of CBS (0.05mol/L, pH=9.6), the obtained solution was added to the reaction solutionin step 4 dropwise in the dark. Then the reaction solution was slowlystirred at 4° C. for 8 h in the dark.(6) The synthesized THBu-IgG-FITC fluorescent probe was dialyzed in a0.01 mol/L PBS (pH=7.4) solution at 4° C. until the dialysate was clear,and stored at 4° C. The fluorescent probe is not suitable for long-termstorage, and should be used as soon as possible.

3. Preparation of molecularly imprinted microspheres: 29.4 mg (0.1 mmol)of triazolone (template) was weighed and added to a 100 ml round-bottomflask, and 20 ml of acetonitrile (pore-forming agent) was added todissolve the template. Then 51 μL (0.6 mmol) of MAA (functional monomer)was added, and the mixture was shaken at room temperature for 30 min ofprepolymerization. 319.3 μL (1.0 mmol) of TRIM (crosslinking agent) and30 mg of AIBN (initiator) were then added, and the tube was sealedimmediately after 2 min of nitrogen charge. The polymerization reactionwas conducted in a 60° C. water bath for 24 h. After the polymerizationwas completed, the reaction solution was taken out and centrifuged, andthe supernatant was removed. Then the resulting precipitate wasdispersed in methanol and then centrifuged to remove the unreactedreactant. The obtained polymer was wrapped with a filter paper, andplaced in a Soxhlet extractor for extracting the template with amethanol:acetic acid (9:1, v/v) solution.

4. Construction of chromatography test strip: A sample pad was treatedwith a sample pad treatment solution (0.5% Tween-0.02 M pH 7.2 PBbuffer), then dried, and cut into strips. A secondary antibody (goatanti-mouse IgG) was drawn on an NC membrane at a flow rate of 1 μL/cm bya scriber and dried at 37° C. Then a test strip was assembled asfollows: as T-line needed to be spun on an aluminum foil (NC membrane isnon-conductive), the NC membrane was cut along a line 5 mm below C-line,and an aluminum foil of 1 mm width was placed between the obtained twoNC membranes; the upper and lower NC membranes and the middle aluminumfoil were pasted on a black fluorescent board, with T-line and C-linebeing 5 mm apart from each other; and then an absorbent pad and thesample pad were pasted on the upper and lower sides of the NC membranerespectively, with each pad overlapping with the NC membrane by 1 mm.The assembled test strip is shown in FIG. 1 (a).

5. Preparation of molecularly imprinted T-line on an NC membrane byelectrospinning

(1) Preparation of an electrospinning solution Preparation of a CAelectrospinning matrix solution: A certain amount of CA powder wasweighed and added to acetone for preparing a 120 mg/ml CA-acetonesolution, and the obtained solution was shaken at 50° C. in a water bathfor 5 h until CA was completely dissolved. Preparation of an MIPdispersion solution for triazolone: A certain amount of MIPs was weighedand added to acetone for preparing a 20 mg/ml MIP dispersion solution,and the obtained solution was subjected to ultrasonic dispersion at roomtemperature for 50 min until MIPs were completely and evenly dispersedin acetone. Mixing of the CA electrospinning matrix solution with theMIP dispersion solution: 111 μL of 20 mg/ml MIP dispersion solution wasadded to 1 ml of 120 mg/ml CA electrospinning matrix solution, then 7 μLof 10% Tween solution was added, and the resulting solution was shakenin a 50° C. water bath for 120 min and subjected to ultrasonicdispersion for 30 min at room temperature to obtain an uniform MIPelectrospinning solution for triazolone.(2) Preparation of molecularly imprinted T-line on an NC membrane byelectrospinning: An electrospinning device made in laboratory, with anautomatic microflow pump, a 5 ml syringe, a height-adjusting frame, ajet needle (22 G), a receiving plate, and a high-voltage power supply,was adopted. Before spinning, the grounding was checked, and thetemperature and humidity were recorded. The prepared MIP electrospinningsolution was drawn into the syringe, the distance between the jet needleand the receiving plate was adjusted to 13 cm, and the flow rate of themicroflow pump was set as 12 μL/min, and the high voltage as 12.0 kV.After the fiber extrusion was stable, the assembled test strip wasplaced on the receiving plate (ensuring that it was placed at the sameposition each time), and one end of the T-line aluminum foil was clampedwith a negative electrode. 20 min later, molecularly imprintednanofibers evenly covered T-line without covering other parts of thetest strip that are not conductive. The obtained test strip was dried inan oven at 37° C., then cut into smaller strips having a width of 3.5 mmby a slitter, and stored in a desiccator at room temperature. Themolecularly imprinted test strips were obtained.

6. Experimental principle: A molecularly imprinted polymer, instead ofan artificial antibody, is fixed on an NC membrane as T-line byelectrospinning, and a secondary antibody is fixed as C-line by ascriber. As shown in FIG. 1 (b), when the target and the THBu-IgG-FITCfluorescent probe are added dropwise to the sample pad, the solutionmoves on the NC membrane by capillary action. Both the target triazophosand the triazophos hapten on the THBu-IgG-FITC probe can bind to themolecularly imprinted polymer on T-line, and IgG on the probe can bindto the secondary antibody on C-line. When moving to T-line, the targetand the fluorescent probe compete to bind to the specific binding siteon the molecularly imprinted polymer, causing the fluorescence intensityon T-line to be inversely proportional to the concentration of thetarget, and as the remaining target and probe continue to move toC-line, the IgG on the probe binds to the secondary antibody to achievethe quality control. A fluorescence immunoassay analyzer (wavelength forexcitation: 450 nm to 470 nm, wavelength for receiving: 525 nm) is usedto read the fluorescence values of C-line and T-line, and a qualitativeand quantitative assay is performed according to the fluorescenceintensity at T-line and the T/C value.

7. Experimental process

(1) Preparation of test strips: Molecularly imprinted test strips wereassembled according to step 4 and 5, and blocked with a blocking buffer(0.25% PVP+0.25% BSA+5% sucrose), dried at 37° C., and stored in adesiccator at room temperature.(2) Competitive reaction: 100 μL of 10-fold-diluted THBu-IgG-FITCfluorescent probe (diluted with 0.01 M PBS) was added dropwise to thesample well of the test strip for chromatography, and 3 min later, thetest strip was dried in a 37° C. oven for 15 min. Then 100 μL oftriazophos standard solution or sample was added for chromatography, and3 min later, the fluorescence detection was performed.(3) Detection: The T/C value was read with a single-channel fluorescenceimmunoassay analyzer, and the content of triazophos was calculatedaccording to a standard curve. It can be seen from FIG. 2 that theminimum detection limit of this assay method for triazophos is 20 μg/L,meeting the detection requirement.

The foregoing examples are merely illustrative of preferredimplementations of the present invention, and the description thereof ismore specific and detailed, but should not be construed as limiting thepatent scope of the present invention. It should be noted that severalvariations, improvements and replacements may be made by those ofordinary skill in the art without departing from the conception of thepresent invention, but such variations, improvements and replacementsshould fall within the protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, the patent protection scope of the present invention shouldbe subject to the appended claims.

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 2. A method for constructing a chromatography test stripfor triazophos comprising the steps of: constructing a chromatographytest strip, comprising: treating a sample pad with a sample padtreatment solution; drying the sample pad; cutting the sample pad intostrips; drawing a secondary antibody on a nitrocellulose (NC) membraneat a predetermined flow rate by a scriber; drying the NC membrane at afirst temperature; assembling the test strip, comprising: cutting the NCmembrane along a line a prescribed dimension below a quality controlline (C-line); placing an aluminum foil strip between the cut NCmembranes including an upper NC membrane and a lower NC membrane;pasting the upper NC membrane, the lower NC membrane, and the middlealuminum foil on to a fluorescent board, with a test line (T-line) beingseparated by a prescribed distance from each other; and pasting anabsorbent pad and the sample pad on upper NC membrane and the lower NCmembrane, respectively, with each of the absorbent pad and the samplepad overlapping the NC membrane by a prescribed overlap distance;preparing, by electrospinning, a molecularly imprinted T-line on the NCmembranes, comprising: preparing an electrospinning solution,comprising: preparing a cellulose acetate (CA) electrospinning matrixsolution, comprising: adding a weighted measure of a CA powder toacetone for CA-acetone solution; agitating the CA-acetone solution at asecond prescribed temperature in a water bath for a set duration, the CAbeing dissolved in the CA-acetone solution; and preparing a molecularlyimprinted polymer (MIP) dispersion solution for triazolone, comprising:adding a weighted measure of MIP to acetone; subjecting the MIPdispersion solution to ultrasonic dispersion at a third prescribedtemperature, the MIP being dissolved and evenly dispersed in theacetone; and mixing a prescribed volume of the CA electrospinning matrixsolution with the MIP dispersion solution and being agitated in a waterbath a third prescribed temperature to yield the electrospinningsolution; drawing the electrospinning solution into a syringe of anelectrospinning device; placing the assembled test strip on to areceiving plate of the electrospinning device; and clamping a first endof the T-line to a negative electrode, molecularly imprinted nanofibersevenly covering the T-line without covering other non-conductive partsof the test strip.
 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the sample padtreatment solution is a 0.5% polysorbate surfactant buffer.
 4. Themethod of claim 2, wherein the predetermined flow rate for drawing thesecondary antibody on the NC membrane is 1 μL/cm.
 5. The method of claim2, wherein the secondary antibody is a goat anti-mouse IgG.
 6. Themethod of claim 2, wherein the first temperature is 37° C.
 7. The methodof claim 2, wherein the prescribed dimension below the quality controlline is 5 mm.
 8. The method of claim 2, wherein the aluminum foil stripis 1 mm in width.
 9. The method of claim 2, wherein the prescribeddistance between the C-line and the T-line is 5 mm.
 10. The method ofclaim 2, wherein the prescribed overlap distance is 1 mm.
 11. The methodof claim 2, wherein the CA-acetone solution has a 120 mg/ml CAconcentration.
 12. The method of claim 2, wherein the second prescribedtemperature is 50° C.
 13. The method of claim 2, wherein the MIPdispersion solution has a 20 mg/ml MIP concentration.
 14. The method ofclaim 2, wherein mixing the prescribed volume of the CA electrospinningmatrix solution with the MIP dispersion solution includes: adding 111 μLof the MIP dispersion to 1 ml of the CA electrospinning matrix solution;and adding 7 μL of a 10% polysorbate surfactant buffer.
 15. The methodof claim 2, wherein the electrospinning solution is subject toultrasonic dispersion for a predetermined duration at room temperature.16. The method of claim 2, wherein the electrospinning device includesan automatic microflow pump, the syringe, a height-adjusting frame, thejet needle (22 G), the receiving plate, and a high-voltage power supply.Before spinning, the grounding is checked, and the temperature andhumidity are recorded;
 17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:adjusting the distance between the jet needle and a receiving plate ofthe electrospinning device to 13 cm; adjusting the flow rate of themicroflow pump to 12 μL/min; and adjusting the high-voltage power supplyto 12.0 kV.
 18. The method of claim 2, further comprising: drying thetest strips upon the molecularly imprinted nanofibers covering theT-line; and cutting the test strip into a plurality of smaller strips.19. The method of claim 18, wherein the smaller strips have a widthdimension of 3.5 mm.
 20. The method of claim 18, further comprisingstoring the smaller strips in a dessicator at room temperature.